Zenit St. Petersburg 2023/24 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2023/24 · top earner Mário Fernandes on £43,000 per week · see the current Zenit St. Petersburg wage bill
We hold a wage for all 63 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 25 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Zenit St. Petersburg pay £619,500 a week in 2026/27 — 27% higher than the £488,150 of 2023/24.
Where the money went in 2023/24
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 4 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2023/24 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mário Fernandes | £43,000 | £2,236,000 | 32 | D/WB R | Russia | ||
| Alexandr Yerokhin | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 33 | AM C | Russia | ||
| Mateo Cassierra | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 26 | ST | Colombia | ||
| Claudinho (Claudio Luiz Rodrigues Parise Leonel) | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | 26 | AM LC | Brazil | ||
| Douglas Santos | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 29 | D LC, DM | Brazil | ||
| Ilzat Akhmetov | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | 25 | AM RLC | Russia | ||
| Artur | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 25 | AM RL | Brazil | ||
| Nino | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 26 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Wendel | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | 25 | DM, AM C | Brazil | ||
| Andrey Mostovoy | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | 25 | AM RL | Russia | ||
| Wílmar Barrios | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 29 | DM | Colombia | ||
| Gustavo Mantuan | £19,000 | £988,000 | 22 | AM RLC | Brazil | ||
| Vyacheslav Karavaev | £18,000 | £936,000 | 28 | D R | Russia | ||
| Ivan Sergeev | £16,000 | £832,000 | 28 | ST | Russia | ||
| Nüraly Älip | £14,000 | £728,000 | 23 | D LC | Kazakhstan | ||
| Strahinja Eraković | £14,000 | £728,000 | 22 | D RC | Serbia | ||
| Mikhail Kerzhakov | £14,000 | £728,000 | 36 | GK | Russia | ||
| Rodrigão | £14,000 | £728,000 | 27 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Denis Adamov | £14,000 | £728,000 | 25 | GK | Russia | ||
| Alexandr Vasyutin | £13,000 | £676,000 | 28 | GK | Russia | ||
| Alexandr Kovalenko | £13,000 | £676,000 | 19 | DM, AM C | Russia | ||
| Wilson Isidor | £10,000 | £520,000 | 22 | AM RL, ST | France | ||
| Pedro | £6,800 | £353,600 | 17 | AM RLC | Brazil | ||
| Artur Cherny | £2,500 | £130,000 | 22 | D RC | Russia | ||
| Danil Krugovoy | £2,400 | £124,800 | 25 | D/WB L | Russia | ||
| Dmitry Vasiljev | £2,400 | £124,800 | 19 | DM | Russia | ||
| Nikita Goilo | £900 | £46,800 | 24 | GK | Russia | ||
| David Byazrov | £620 | £32,240 | 20 | GK | Russia | ||
| Evgeny Kim | £470 | £24,440 | 20 | DM, AM C | Russia | ||
| Alexey Baranovskiy | £440 | £22,880 | 18 | ST | Russia | ||
| Artemy Kosogorov | £440 | £22,880 | 20 | D RC | Russia | ||
| Igor Bugaenko | £430 | £22,360 | 28 | ST | Russia | ||
| Igor Kozlov | £360 | £18,720 | 19 | AM RL | Russia | ||
| Roman Nogtev | £270 | £14,040 | 21 | AM R | Russia | ||
| Akim Belokhonov | £270 | £14,040 | 19 | ST | Russia | ||
| Nikita Vershinin | £270 | £14,040 | 18 | DM | Russia | ||
| Valery Murzakov | £270 | £14,040 | 19 | D C | Russia | ||
| Georgy Korolev | £270 | £14,040 | 19 | GK | Russia | ||
| Evgeny Pshennikov | £270 | £14,040 | 19 | AM RL | Russia | ||
| Nikita Lobov | £270 | £14,040 | 17 | D C | Russia | ||
| Stanislav Lapinskiy | £270 | £14,040 | 18 | ST | Russia | ||
| Konstantin Voinkov | £200 | £10,400 | 18 | AM RL | Russia | ||
| Savely Nikiforov | £200 | £10,400 | 18 | DM | Russia | ||
| Yelisey Yemeljanov | £200 | £10,400 | 19 | D RLC | Russia | ||
| Bogdan Moskvichev | £140 | £7,280 | 19 | GK | Russia | ||
| Ivan Shilenok | £140 | £7,280 | 18 | D RL | Russia | ||
| Evgeny Tonevitskiy | £140 | £7,280 | 19 | D C | Russia | ||
| Vladimir Pavlov | £140 | £7,280 | 20 | GK | Russia | ||
| Serafim Abzalilov | £110 | £5,720 | 19 | D L | Russia | ||
| Kirill Glazunov | £80 | £4,160 | 18 | DM | Russia | ||
| Maxim Sharov | £80 | £4,160 | 19 | D L | Russia | ||
| Dmitry Samartsev | £80 | £4,160 | 19 | ST | Russia | ||
| Matvey Bardachev | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | D C | Russia | ||
| Roman Kolmakov | £80 | £4,160 | 19 | AM RL | Russia | ||
| Alexey Kolyshev | £70 | £3,640 | 18 | AM C | Russia | ||
| Denis Mushkarin | £70 | £3,640 | 18 | DM | Russia | ||
| Nikita Bazilevskiy | £70 | £3,640 | 17 | AM/F C | Russia | ||
| Maxim Khalilov | £70 | £3,640 | 17 | ST | Russia | ||
| Alexandr Shirokov | £70 | £3,640 | 18 | AM L | Russia | ||
| Stefan Kalinov | £70 | £3,640 | 18 | D R | Russia | ||
| Maxim Shichanin | £50 | £2,600 | 18 | GK | Russia | ||
| Vitaly Frantsuzov | £50 | £2,600 | 18 | D RL | Russia | ||
| Arkhip Lax | £40 | £2,080 | 17 | GK | Russia | ||
Wage vs age, 2023/24
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2023/24 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 34% of the squad wage bill, across the 63 players we hold a 2023/24 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2023/24 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Zenit St. Petersburg wages, 2023/24
What was Zenit St. Petersburg's wage bill in 2023/24?
Zenit St. Petersburg paid £488,150 a week in 2023/24 - £25,383,800 across the year - spread over a squad of 63. We hold a wage for all 63 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Zenit St. Petersburg player in 2023/24?
Mário Fernandes was the highest earner in the 2023/24 squad on £43,000 a week, 2.3x the 22+ squad average of £18,369.
What was the average Zenit St. Petersburg salary in 2023/24?
The average Zenit St. Petersburg player aged 22 or over earned £18,369 a week in 2023/24, across the 25 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 63. The top five earners took 34% of the bill between them.
How do Zenit St. Petersburg's 2023/24 wages compare with now?
Zenit St. Petersburg pay £619,500 a week in 2026/27, 27% higher than the £488,150 of 2023/24. The current squad is 33 players against 63 then.